The moral right is inalienable and untransferable so that the author can not renounce it. The moral right of the author is perpetual so that when the work has fallen into the public domain, the moral right subsists and must continue to be respected.
The moral right is divided into four attributes:
Right of disclosure
It is the right of the author to decide to make his work available to the public and to choose the methods of disclosure. For example, the author may accept the public exhibition of his work but refuse to reproduce it in postcards.
Right to respect for paternity
This is the right of the author to see his name on any reproduction or representation of his work unless he wishes to remain anonymous.
Right to respect for the work
Respect for the work requires maintaining its formal integrity. Any deletion, modification, addition are therefore prohibited. The respect due to the work also implies that the work is not altered in its spirit. This will be the case when the work is presented in a context that denigrates it.
Right of repentance or withdrawal
It is the right of the author to withdraw his work from the market after its publication. This right remains largely theoretical, since its exercise is subject to the condition to compensate the assignee beforehand for the damage suffered by the withdrawal of the work. Counterfeiting is liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of € 152,449.